Positive temperature coefficient effect of polypropylene/carbon nanotube/montmorillonite hybrid nanocomposites

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 729-736

  Bao, Su P ^a   Liang, Guo D ^a   Tjong, Sie C ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); Polymer nanocomposites; Positive temperature coefficient (PTC)

Indexed keywords

BALL-MILLED; CONDUCTING BEHAVIOR; CONDUCTING POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; HAAKE MIXER; HYBRID COMPOSITES; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; MELT-COMPOUNDING; NANO-FILLERS; PERCOLATION CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT (PTC); POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT EFFECTS; ROTATION RATE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; SOLVENTS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 70749125987     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2009.2023650     Document Type: Article

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